Harvard vs. vonNeuman

ben franchuk bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
Fri Oct 1 15:55:48 CDT 2004


Tom Jennings wrote:
> I think a lot of this discussion missed the point, that 'stored
> program' refers to what we (still) call HARDWARE. 
> 
> I'm not convinced that all that many people really know what a
> computer is (in Wittgenstein's direction) vs. what a computer
> DOES (in Bill Gates' eyes)!
> 
Gates 			Computers = $$$
people 			You work on computers to make $$$
Classic users 	    you make $$$ to collect computers
	





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